Marathon #7 State #28 Pre-Race I will post most of this in my weekly recap…but just an idea for logistics for anyone that wants to do this race. Rich and I flew into Grand Rapids Thursday morning and drove about 2 hours to Traverse City (this saved us about $400-much more expensive to fly to […]

Man. It’s finally here. Marathon weekend for marathon #7. I’ve tracked my training for 25 weeks (I started early) and it’s been really exciting to see how my performance has changed. My last training cycle didn’t feel this good and I’m not sure I can really pin point why- but I often struggled through workouts and felt pretty […]

A week in Birmingham for work followed by a wonderful, family-filled and low key weekend. Oh, and the LAST WEEK before Bayshore!! Monday: PLAN- rest day ACTUAL- rest day A VERY long work day, so perfect for rest. Luckily, I slept almost 10 hours Sunday to Monday morning and that helped me get through the […]

I’ve hit my busy season with work…so add that to the marathon taper, post travel and race weekend, and still feeling the cold/sinus issues (which I believe is now allergies)…I can’t say it was the most exciting week. It definitely flew by and I NEEDED a really low key weekend (which I got). Monday: PLAN- […]

Half Marathon #37 State #27 Pre-Race I flew in Friday and Molly picked me up from the airport. What a nice treat to have volunteers from the race welcoming us with gift bags! We checked into our hotel, the Renaissance, which was the perfect location for the race. We decided to hit the expo that […]

Happy Saturday! Another crazy work week and delayed blogging. I have a winner from last weeks giveaway! Congrats, Jess! Monday: PLAN- 25 min core strength, 25 min hip flexor strength ACTUAL- 25 min core strength, 25 min hip flexor strength I got up early and did the hip flexor strength at home and then used my […]

Yall. Seriously, I had to go back and look and the last time I did a Things I’m Lovin was SEPTEMBER. That is not okay. So let’s get to it, because obviously we have A LOT to catch up on. 1. Race Weekend! I’m heading to Ohio to run the Flying Pig 1/2 Marathon. I […]